San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District GOVERNING BOARD Barbara Patrick, Chair Supervisor, Kern County Thomas W. Mayfield, Vice Chair Supervisor, Stanislaus County Mike Maggard Councilmember, City of Bakersfield Judith G. Case Supervisor, Fresno County Tony Barba Supervisor, Kings County Ronn Dominici, Supervisor, Madera County Sam Armentrout Councilmember, City of Madera Dan Prince Councilmember, City of Ripon Michael G. Nelson Supervisor, Merced County Jack A. Sieglock Supervisor, San Joaquin County J. Steven Worthley Supervisor, Tulare County David L. Crow Executive Director/ Air Pollution Control Officer Northern Region Office 4230 Kiernan Avenue, Suite 130 Modesto, CA 95356-9322 (209) 557-6400 FAX (209) 557-6475 Central Region Office 1990 East Gettysburg Avenue Fresno, CA 93726-0244 (559) 230-6000 FAX (559) 230-6061 Southern Region Office 2700 M Street, Suite 275 Bakersfield, CA 93301-2370 (661) 326-6900 FAX (661) 326-6985 www.valleyair.org Committee Meeting San Joaquin Valley Unified Air Pollution Control District Central Region Office, 1990 E. Gettysburg Avenue, Governing Board Room, Fresno, CA. Tuesday, Meeting held via video teleconferencing (VTC) at the Central Region Office (Fresno) with the Northern Region Office (Modesto) and the Southern Region Office (Bakersfield) participating via VTC. 1. Call Meeting to Order The Chair, Les Clark, called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m. 2. Roll Call was taken and a quorum was present. (P) designates Primary Member and (A) designates Alternate Member Regional County Member Name/Interest Group Office Fresno Paul Betancourt, Industry/Agriculture (P) Central Kevin Hamilton, Environmental (P) Central Kern Les Clark, Industry/Agriculture (P) Chair Central Suzanne Noble, Industry/Agriculture (A) Southern Dana Karcher, Environmental (A) Southern Kings Riley Jones, Industry/Agriculture (P) Central Ryan Bertao, Industry/Agriculture (A) Central Kelly Deming, Environmental (P) Central Theo DeHaan, Environmental (A) Central Dennis Tristao, City (P) Central Madera Donald Horal, Industry/Agriculture (P) Central Lee Smith, Environmental (P) Central Glenn Igo, City (P) Central Merced Linda Falasco, Industry/Agriculture (P) Northern Mary-Michal Erwin-Loschke, Environmental (P) Central Colleen Trieweiler, Environmental (A) Central San Joaquin No Attendees from San Joaquin County Stanislaus Chris Savage, Industry/Ag., (P), Vice Chair Northern L. D. Denny Hoeh, Environmental (P) Northern Mike Burns, City (P) Northern
2. Roll Call cont. Regional County Member Name/Interest Group Office Tulare David Harrald, Industry/Agriculture (P) Central Christine Foster, Environmental (P) Central Mike Smith, City (P) Central Also present in the Central Region Office (Fresno) David L. Crow, Executive Director/APCO, Janis Parker, Air Quality Education Rep., Roger McCoy, Director of Administrative Services, Joe Nazareno, Senior Air Quality Engineer, George Heinen, Supervising Air Quality Engineer, Alex Krivobok, Communication Systems Analyst, Dave Jones, Director of Planning, Colby Morrow, Southern California Gas Company and Sissy Smith, Clerk to the Board. Also present in the Southern Region Office (Bakersfield) Linda Phillips, Administrative Analyst. Also present in the Northern Region Office (Modesto) Ravi Ramalingam, ARB Representative and District Liaison and Karen Morris, Administrative Analyst. 3. Chair Comments Certificate of Appreciation to Lee Smith, Chair, January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2003, from District Governing Board. The Chair stated the CAC appreciated Mr. Smith s efforts and the hard work he did over the past two years. 4. APCO Comments David L. Crow, Executive Director/APCO, reported on the District Highlights from the December 18, 2003 Governing Board Meeting: the Board presented Proclamations to Charles Sant Agata, outgoing CEO and President of the American Lung Association of Central California Chapter and Ms. Josette Merced Bello the District s Public Education Administrator who served the District for nine and one-half years and now is leaving the District to take the position of CEO and President of the American Lung Association of Central California. The Board presented a Certification of Appreciation to Lee Smith, outgoing Chair of the CAC from January 1, 2002 to December 31, 2003. The Board voted unanimously to request the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to classify the San Joaquin Valley Air Basin as extreme Nonattainment for the federal 1-hour ozone standard. The Board also approved minor amendments to the 2003 PM10 Plan and received and filed the proposed amendments to Rule 4604 (Can and Coil Coating Operations) and set January 15, 2004 for the Public Hearing. 2
The Board received a Verbal Report on the Implementation of SB 700, Senator Dean Flores (Permits and Pollution Controls for Agricultural Sources) and received and filed the District s Annual Offset Equivalency Report to Federal EPA. The Board approve Budget Transfer #5 in the amount of $20,000 to accommodate an unanticipated upgrade to the District s phone system, approve and authorized the Chair to execute Amendment 1 to Contract with Sonoma Technology, Inc. in the amount of $8,500 for additional inventory improvement and control measure assessment tasks. Mr. Crow reported that District staff Gary Reeves, Senior Air Quality Inspector, Northern Region Office, was the recipient of the 1 st Annual Rodney Swartzendruber Outstanding Inspector Award. Mr. Crow stated this award was presented from the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association on October 15, 2003 to Gary Reeves the first inspector from a large District to receive this honor. Mr. Crow noted items on the upcoming January 15, 2004 Board Meeting Agenda: additional staffing for SB 700 and hiring a consultant to assist the District Planning staff in the development of the Indirect Source Review Rules. Mr. Crow announced that the District is presently recruiting for the Deputy Air Pollution Control Officer position. Mr. Crow noted applications for this position are due at the end of January. Mr. Crow reported the Board will convene for a retreat on January 29 and 30, 2004. Mr. Crow noted this is a Public Meeting and anyone wishing to attend is invited. Mr. Crow stated the District is potentially looking to hold the retreat at Bass Lake in the Pines Complex. Mr. Crow explained the purpose of the retreat is to get the Board and staff together to talk about upcoming issues. 5. CAC Hearing Board Subcommittee Recommendations The subcommittee made the following recommendations to the CAC: Donald Horal and Riley Jones made the following recommendations for the Central Region Hearing Board: Loraine Goodwin, MD., Medical, Alternate James B. Waterman, Attorney, Primary Steven B. Barnes, Attorney, Alternate Fred Phillips, Public, Alternate 3
CAC CENTRAL REGION HEARING BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNING BOARD Kevin Hamilton made the motion to recommend to the Governing Board the names of Loraine Goodwin, James B. Waterman, Steven B. Barnes and Fred Phillips for appointment to the Central Region Hearing Board. Seconded by Dennis Tristao and carried unanimously with the following Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Absent: Paul Betancourt, Kevin Hamilton, Les Clark, Dana Karcher, Riley Jones, Kelly Deming, Dennis Tristao, Don Horal, Lee Smith, Glenn Igo, Linda Falasco, Mary-Michael Erwin-Loschke, Chris Savage, Denny Hoeh, Mike Burns, David Harrald, Christine Foster and Mike Smith. Kathryn Eide, Les Clark III, Ed Gable, David Brown and Wade Broughton. Christine Foster made the following recommendations for the Southern Region Hearing Board: Nancy Ann Dunn, Public, Primary Robert B. Moeller, Jr., Medical, Alternate CAC SOUTHERN REGION HEARING BOARD RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE GOVERNING BOARD - Riley Jones made the motion to recommend to the Governing Board the names of Nancy Ann Dunn and Robert B. Moeller, Jr., for appointment to the Southern Region Hearing Board. Seconded by Mary-Michal Erwin-Loschke and carried unanimously with the following Roll Call Vote: Ayes: Paul Betancourt, Kevin Hamilton, Les Clark, Dana Karcher, Riley Jones, Kelly Deming, Dennis Tristao, Don Horal, Lee Smith, Glenn Igo, Linda Falasco, Mary-Michal Erwin-Loschke, Chris Savage, Denny Hoeh, Mike Burns, David Harrald, Christine Foster and Mike Smith. Absent: Kathryn Eide, Les Clark III, Ed Gable, David Brown and Wade Broughton. 6. Approve Minutes of Tuesday, December 2, 2003 The Chair asked if there were any comments concerning the Minutes. Hearing no comments the Chair declared the Minutes of December 2, 2003 approved as submitted. 7. Public Education Report Janis Parker, Air Quality Education Rep., reported the following Public Education (PE) Report: 4
Calendar 2004 District calendar was distributed to 20,000 to businesses, schools, residents and physician offices. PE is currently accepting entries for 2005 contest deadline is September 30. Hmong Calendar - Produced 6,000 Hmong calendars that were distributed at various Hmong New Year celebrations in Merced, Stanislaus, San Joaquin and Fresno counties. Rule 4901 Continued outreach via TV, radio to the Spanish and Hmong communities Currently developing direct mail pieces focusing on real estate change-out and density limits portions of the rule. Staff continues to make presentations to building industry organizations (chimney sweeps and realtors) Overall outreach and education on the rule has been well received. Interactive Air Quality Display An interactive Air Quality exhibit has been completed at the Challenger Learning Center s Science and technology Museum on the former Castle Air Force base in Atwater. An unveiling ceremony has not yet been scheduled but is expected to be scheduled later this month. Spare the Air In preparation for the season we will discuss kick-off events and develop a new marketing strategy. A new video is being finalized and will be distributed to employer partners Curriculum Continue partnership with NIE program and currently working on a piece that will focus on health effects and air quality in the valley with the Fresno Bee Successful marketing venture with NIE but PE is looking for other avenues to reach other areas throughout the valley. General Staff has been busy fielding many calls from residents and industry in regards to the amendments to Rule 4901 8. Rules Under Development - Joe Nazareno, Senior Air Quality Engineer, reported on the following rules: Rule 4101 Rule 4204 (Visible Emissions) (Cotton Gins) 5
Rule 4403 (Components Serving Light Crude Oil or Gases at Light Crude Oil and Gas Production Facilities and Components at Natural Gas Processing Facilities) Rule 4451 (Valves, Pressure Relief Valves, Flanges, Threaded Connections and Process Drains at Petroleum Refineries and Chemical Plants) Rule 4452 (Pump and Compressor Seals at Petroleum Refineries and Chemical Plants) Rule 4409 (Components at Light Crude Oil Production, Natural Gas Production, and Natural Gas Processing Facilities) Rule 4455 (Components at Petroleum Refineries, and Gas Liquids Processing Facilities, and Chemical Plants) Rule 4604 (Can and Coil Coating Operations) Rule 4623 (Storage of Organic Liquids) Rule 4702 (Internal Combustion Engines-Phase 2) Rule 4694 (Wine Fermentation and Storage Tanks) Rule 9310 (School Bus Fleets) Rule 9510 (Indirect Source Review) Rule 3180 (Indirect Source Mitigation Fee) Rule 4550 (Agriculture Conservation Management Practice Program) Regulation VIII (Fugitive PM10 Prohibitions) 9. ARB Comments Ravi Ramalingam, California Air Resources Board (ARB) representative and ARB Liaison for the Valley Air District reported ARB activities to the CAC. As you may know, emissions of ozone precursors from mobile sources in the San Joaquin Valley are coming down by over 100 tons per day between 2005 and 2010 due to existing Air Resources Board and federal regulations. These regulations set emission standards for new motor vehicles, and were adopted some years ago. It takes years for new, cleaner vehicles and equipment to replace older, more polluting vehicles and equipment. To help nonattaining areas meet the ozone air quality standard, the Board in October 2003 approved a new Statewide Strategy that will for the most part clean up existing equipment. This will provide emission reductions in the near term. The Statewide Strategy consists of about 20 new measures. ARB staff expects to include many of these measures as commitments in the upcoming San Joaquin Valley SIP for 2010. We don t have refined emission reduction estimates at this point, but are estimating a range of eight to 22 tons per day of ROG reductions by 2010 in the Valley, and 14 to 24 tons per day of NOx reductions. 6
In addition, the Air Resources Board directed ARB staff last October to conduct each year for the next three years a Summit on the State Implementation Plan. The first of these Summits will be held next Tuesday and Wednesday (January 13-14) at our offices in Sacramento. You are all invited to participate. The purpose of these Summits is to elicit input from a broad range of stakeholders in our efforts to identify, develop and successfully implement new strategies to meet SIP emission reduction targets. Mary-Michal Erwin-Loschke stated she would be in attendance. The Chair requested Ms. Erwin-Loschke provide a brief report regarding the Summit at the February 3 CAC Meeting under CAC Member Comments. 10. CAC Member Comments Chris Savage noted at the December CAC meeting he committed to putting together a Subcommittee Technical Rule Review meeting. Mr. Savage stated that meeting date has been set for Thursday, January 8, 2004, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., via video teleconferencing with the Central, Southern and Northern Region Offices. Mr. Savage stated the Technical Rule Review committee were of the meeting date and time and if additional folks have an interest they are certainly welcome to attend. Mr. Savage stated the intent of the meeting is to establish what is the functionality and responsibility for the Technical Rule Review Committee. Mr. Savage stated he will come back to the CAC with a proposal with what we think the CAC Technical Rule Review Subcommittee should do. The Chair stated one of the agenda items should be plan development which is the first stage of rule development. District staff will also be in attendance. Mary-Michal Erwin-Loschke introduced Colleen Trieweiler, who was recently appointed at the Merced County, Environmental Alternate on the CAC. Ms. Erwin-Loschke noted that Ms. Trieweiler is the President of the Communities for Land, Air and Water and a member of the Asthma Coalition. Skipped Item # 11 12. Public Comments and/or Reports No Comments. 11. CAC Member Comments and Suggestions for CAC Report at Governing Board Meeting The Chair suggested Rule 9510 (Indirect Source Review) and Rule 9310 (School Bus Fleets) for comments. 7
Lee Smith suggested the recommendations for Hearing Board appointments. The Chair requested the CAC Members introduce themselves and give a brief description about themselves. The CAC Members identified their interest group, the county they represented and spoke briefly about their profession. The Chair requested in the future during the meetings when a member comments that member should identify themselves so we get to know each other better. 13. Volunteer to present CAC Report, Thursday, January 15, 2004 at 9:00 a.m., Governing Board Meeting - Christine Foster volunteered to present the CAC Report to the Governing Board on January 15, 2004. 14. Next Meeting The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, February 3, 2004 at 10:00 a.m., via video teleconferencing (VTC) at the Central Region Office (Fresno), the Northern Region Office (Modesto) and the Southern Region Office (Bakersfield). 15. Adjourn The Chair adjourned the meeting at 11:39 a.m. Sissy Smith, Clerk to the Board Committee (CAC) San Joaquin Valley Unified APCD 8